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Appleton Woolen Mills Advertisement
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Advertising circular printed on Appleton Woolen Mills letterhead. The letterhead features color illustrations of a flock of sheep, a domestic spinning wheel, and an industrial loom spilling a ribbon of checked fabric down the left margin. The text invites interested parties to order from Field, Leiter & Company of Chicago, Illinois, which became Marshall Field & Company in 1881.
March 1876
Hutchinson & Company
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W0145YU
WHi 52564
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Appleton Woolen Mills Fabric Samples
1881
Two swatches of colorful patterned wool fabric in an Appleton Woolen Mills sample book. Each sample consists of a brown background with irregular vertical and horizontal stripes of red, yellow, blu...
St. Paul Knitting Works Yarn Samples
1889
Seven yarn samples of different colors from the St. Paul Knitting Works, dated between April 7, 1888 and February 21, 1889, affixed to a page in an Appleton Woolen Mills sample book.
Appleton Woolen Mills
1904
Interior office view showing Frank James Harwood, General Manager of Appleton Woolen Mills. Harwood became general manager in 1882 and served as the company's president from 1910 to 1940.
218 East South Island Street
16000228
Located in Appleton, Outagamie County
Appleton Grinding Mill Advertising Poster
1892
Advertising poster for "The Modern Hero 2 and 4 Horse Power and Grinding Mill." Produced by the Appleton Manufacturing Company of Appleton, Wisconsin; Minneapolis, Minnesota; and Chicago, Illinois....
Fox River Paper Company Letterhead
circa 1890-1899
Letterhead of the Fox River Paper Company of Appleton, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the company building and a hanging roll of paper that incorporates the company name. Printed by J. Kna...
